[Nfbktad] 12 Awesome Tips to Improve Your Google Search Skills, Dan's Tip for April 23 2013

Fri Apr 26 12:45:09 UTC 2013

12 Awesome Tips to Improve Your Google Search Skills

http://www.lostintechnology.com/how-to/12-awesome-tips-to-improve-your-google-search-skills/

If you use Google a lot, you may wonder why sometimes you get great results, and other times why you get terrible results. Is it Google's fault? Mostly it is Google's fault, but until they come up with a perfect search engine, you are going to have to help yourself. There are lots of search operators that you can try, but the most important ones are on the advanced section. You can find its link in the Google options, found under a cog like symbol on the top right of the page. If you would like some practical advice on getting better results, then here are a few tips to help you.

1. Don't Stop at the First Page

So many people look at just one page and then try another search term. Many people think that if their top few links are not right, that the rest of the results are terrible. This is not the case. As you get further and further down the pages, you are going to see less and less relevant results, but you are occasionally going to find the perfect page for you. It just takes a little bit of tenacity.

2. Use CTRL+F to Highlight Words

Hold CTRL and press F. It will bring up your browser search bar on an IE browser. Now type in your most important keyword(S) and click the "next" button. It will highlight your most important keyword(s) within the mini descriptions. It will help you pick between the results, especially if you take note of the bits highlighted in bold too.

3. Learn to Recognize the Sites that Aren't Useful

There are some websites that are notorious for being thinly written and poor quality. For obvious reasons we cannot write which ones they are here (one of the reasons being that there are so many). Try to keep in mind all of the poor quality websites. When you see your Google link, you will see the websites name underneath.

4. Mini Description is not Always Trustworthy

Sometimes the mini description is misleading and it may be covering what is actually a very good website. It may have your keywords highlighted, and they may seem irrelevant thanks to the way that it is phrase, but those keywords could be a few of a great many. If you are getting stuff for research ideas and cannot find the page for you, then try a few pages that do not seem suitable (you may be surprised).

5. Use the Page Preview Feature

This is where you click the arrow on the right and it shows you a website preview. It may not be the clearest picture of a website, but if the site is all adverts and little content, then you know to give it a miss.

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6. Search As if You Wrote The Article/blog/piece/web page

This may seem like an odd thing to do, but you have to put yourself in the shoes of the website designer. For example if a website sells shoes then his/her keywords may be "Sell shoes", "Shoes for sale", but as a searcher you may type "buy shoes" and "Shoe sale". You should try yours first, but then as a last resort, you should try a few keywords that the web designer may have used.

7. Use The Exclusive Quotes

This can be done by using the Google advanced search. Just type a keyword or phrase into the correct section, and it will bring you results that have that word(s) in the page somewhere. If you want to do it in the search bar then type in your query such as:
carrots for sale
and then add the word you really want at the end in quotes like this:
carrots for sale, "carrots"

10. Use the Subtractive Symbol

Using the quotes above will make sure that a keyword or phrase is included. If you use a subtract symbol then it will exclude the word(s). So again, type in your query such as Carrots for sale And add in any words that you don't want to appear with commas between them:
Carrots for sale, -TV, -show, -comedian, -top

11 Try Quite a Few Search Terms Before Giving Up

Lots of people will try the most popular and obvious keywords, try a few web pages, and then give up and try Bing. Try a variety of search terms, and do not be afraid of making them a little more vague than you may normally.

12 Use Web Pages for Search Term Inspiration

When you search for the first time, use a few of the web page results to inspire you for your next search. For example, you could search for "muscle building pills", and see results that say things such as "muscle building powder" or "bulk up pills". Use these phrases in your next search and see if you have more luck.

The Most Important Quality

In 1 Samuel 16:6-7, when Samuel came to Jesse's house to anoint the next

king of Israel, we see the criteria God uses to choose people for service to

Him,

So it was, when they came, that he looked at Eliab and said, "Surely the

LORD'S anointed is before Him."  But the LORD said to Samuel, "Do not look

at his appearance or at his physical  stature, because I have refused him.

For the LORD does not see as man sees; for man looks at the outward

appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart."

This is a fascinating story with a very strong lesson I want you to

understand.  Right after these verses, Jesse parades each of his sons before

Samuel.except for David.  Jesse knows why Samuel is there, but he doesn't

even bother to get David.

David's own father had written him off.  His own father didn't see enough

potential in him to call him before Samuel.

But David was anointed king that day.  Not based on what Jesse thought was

important, but on what God thought was important.David's heart.

Maybe your own father has written you off.  Maybe your parents said you

would never amount to anything.  Maybe your teacher said, "Look, you're not

going to amount to much.  You just better get yourself a minimum wage job."

Only God can see things in your heart that your father can't see, that your

mother can't see, that your teachers didn't see, that your family doesn't

see, that the people around you don't see.

It is not that God overlooks ability or talent or training.  All of those

things are important.  But God looks first at the most important quality for

service, and that is the heart.

Don't let someone else write your history before it happens. 

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